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Blue Star 11,882

Blue Star
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The Magic of Mushrooms…...Professor Richard Fortey delves into the fascinating and normally-hidden kingdom of fungi. From their spectacular birth, through their secretive underground life to their final explosive death, Richard reveals a remarkable world that few of us understand or even realise exists - yet all life on Earth depends on it.

In a specially-built mushroom lab, with the help of mycologist Dr Patrick Hickey and some state-of-the-art technology, Richard brings to life the secret world of mushrooms as never seen before and reveals the spectacular abilities of fungi to break down waste and sustain new plant life, keeping our planet alive.

Beyond the lab, Richard travels across Britain and beyond to show us the biggest, fastest and most deadly organisms on the planet - all of them fungi. He reveals their almost magical powers that have world-changing potential - opening up new frontiers in science, medicine and technology. ….

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simplybill 4,280

simplybill
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I Shouldn't Be Alive. The kaleidoscope of clips before and after the commercial breaks is annoying, but the stories are fascinating. I got hooked after watching the first episode, about the four guys lost in the Amazon.

On a sad note, I learned at the end of the movie that one of the actors had passed away. I knew him from Sling Blade- one of my all-time favorite movies. In Sling Blade, he played Bill Cox, the owner of the lawnmower repair shop. In Bernie, he played the owner of the funeral home where Bernie had worked.